Wolf Cukier was working as an intern for NASA when he confirmed TOI 1338b as a planet - he had just finished his junior year at Scarsdale High School in New York.

The core rocket stage of the so-called 'Space Launch System' (SLS) was constructed at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.

Plant life is expanding in the area around Mount Everest and across the Himalayan region, according to a British study that observed satellite data over 25 years.

Satellite photos have captured the enormous scale of the devastating bushfires on Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia. 

A team of researchers from UCLA and NASA's JPL have detected the smallest quantities of dark matter ever, slow moving 'clumps' near quasars identified with new data from the Hubble.

On Wednesday, US space agency NASA revealed that it will be months before bushfire smoke clears since plumes are sitting so high the atmosphere.

The role that design will play in humanity's journey to the Red Planet is explored in an exhibition running at the Design Museum in London until 23 February 2020, entitled 'Moving to Mars'.

NASA scientists have suggested using mushrooms to grow habitats on the lunar surface and Mars, which could even lead to more sustainable homes on Earth.

China successfully landed the first mission to the far side of the moon on January 4, 2019 and the lander and its rover Yutu-2 continue to send back data and images to Earth.

The NASA images, taken six months apart, capture the landscape between Seal Rocks and Byron Bay on the New South Wales north coast.

Laura Tobin broke down in tears on Good Morning Britain on Friday as she fulfilled her 'childhood dream' by visiting NASA.

NASA's VIPER practiced its 'moon shimmy' in a lab that replicates the lunar surface. The rover rolled over a large soil bin allowing scientist to see how it will fare on the moon.

Researchers at the University of Chicago used data from the Spitzer telescope to examine the planet, called KELT-9b, and find out just how inhospitable it is.

NASA and ESA are teaming up to send a the Solar Orbiter to the sun. The craft will study the massive star for seven years and gather data that will help experts better understand solar storms.

The high-resolution image of the star-forming region - named for its spidery filaments of gas - is made up of data from several observations by the telescope.

After more than 16 years studying the universe in infrared light since its launch in 2003, NASA has switched off the Spitzer Space Telescope, bringing its mission to an end.

The GAO says that technical problems with the telescope's primary contractor, Northrop Grumman, give it a 12 percent chance of meeting its slated launch of March 2021.

In a comparison of human and artificial intelligence and its ability to interpret alien landscapes, an AI has detected a triangle on the surface of a dwarf planet, while humans mostly detected a square.

NASA's HiRISE camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter provides new images of the crash site of the doomed Schiaparelli Lander that hit the Martian surface in 2016.

A 'beating heart' of frozen nitrogen on the surface of Pluto controls the dwarf planet's winds and may give rise to features on its surface, according to a new study using NASA data.

The craft, which left the Earth more than 42 years ago on a mission to study and photograph the outer planets, left the solar system in November 2018.

Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi, Tehran's information and communications technology minister, last week tweeted a picture of the silver outfit and sparked ridicule.

The White House is releasing President Trump's $4.8 trillion election year budget proposal, which slashes funding for social safety net programs.

The Solar Orbiter lifted off from Cape Canaveral Sunday night and will maneuver into a unique out-of-plane orbit that will take it over both of the sun's poles, never photographed before.

The 17-year-old Swedish climate change activist will explore what actions can be taken to limit climate change in the series produced by BBC Studios, the corporations' commercial arm.

The so-called broom challenge first emerged several years ago but is enjoying a resurgence thanks to a fresh viral tweet from a US user - and plenty of celebrity support.

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Mars 2020 rover is heading to the Red Planet armed with a high-powered laser that can vaporize rocks from up to 20 feet away to search for life.

She's never been one to play it safe with her fashion choices.  And Sinitta pushed the boat out for the 2020 NME Awards held at London's O2 Arena on Wednesday night.

NASA has announced it will accept applications for its next class of astronauts, the 23rd in the agency's 61 year history, between March 2nd and March 31st, part of its preparation for the Artemis missions.

SETI scientists are sure aliens have placed a beacon in the center of the galaxy and are building a system that 'piggyback' off VLA telescope in New Mexico to detect the device's signatures.

NASA's Juno reveals the first accurate estimate of the total amount of water in Jupiter's atmosphere. Water makes up around 0.25% of the molecules in the planet's atmosphere at its equator.

Marodyne LiV - a vibrating device, resembling a set of bathroom scales - produces gentle vibrations that travel up through the legs, stimulating the growth of new bone cells

NASA has announced a new project to study the effects of rising sea levels on the Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana, which has had more than 5,000 square miles of land go underwater.

These families spent thousands on the luxury technology that comes complete with temperature zones, air purification and shelves that can be adjusted electronically to create more space.

Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician who helped pave the way for the first American astronaut to successfully orbit the Earth, died aged 101 on Monday morning.

According to NASA, the aerospace company didn't perform a full 'end-to-end' integration test of the software designed to automate maneuvers after the craft is launched into space.

The space agency says exploring different geological areas on the surface of Venus will provide insights into the planet's evolution and even our own climate.

Using the High-Resolution Camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), scientists have brought the sand dunes on Mars to life in order to understand what conditions impact them.

Astronomers have released the first colorful image of Earth's mini-moon that was spotted Feb 15. However, the lead expert says the asteroid may actually be human-made debris.

NASA and the European Space Agency have used pollution monitoring satellites to track the decrease in nitrogen dioxide levels over the past two months during the coronavirus outbreak.

While observing an asteroid using NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, students spotted a new flaring black hole in the constellation Columba that has been named MAXI J0637-430.

Former NASA engineer Mark Rober spent six months planning the stunt with Australian YouTubers How Ridiculous which ended up involving a two-tonne trampoline with 144 garage door springs.

An asteroid half the size of Mount Everest is heading towards Earth next month, but scientists say it is not expected to collide with us. The object is one to 2.5 miles wide and will pass within 3,908,791 miles.

At a meeting in the UK experts from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland joined a global pool of researchers to discuss the ice giants.

NASA shared a high-resolution panorama of 'Glen Torridon' on Mars that is comprised of over 1,000 images and contains 1.8 billion pixels. The images were taken from Nov. 24-Dec.1.

NASA's curiosity rover has identified signs of thiophenes on the surface of the red planet and Washington State University astronomers believe they were formed by biological processes.

NASA says the lettuce was served by astronauts with oil and vinegar dressing and the space leaves were a wild success, described as 'awesome' by the crew who ate them.

A group of university researchers have partnered with NASA to build the technology for a self-sustaining, zero-waste human settlement on Mars, mostly running on recycled materials.

NASA has declined to say whether Starliner will be forced to undergo another test flight before being granted permission to bring human astronauts into space even after a botched mission last year.

A NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shared images Boston, New York City and Philadelphia as she passed over 254 miles above Earth while aboard the International Space Station.